Tomoo Gokita

Be Just Like Family

Found at Phillips, New York Auction
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, Lot 20
16. May - 16. May 2019
Estimate: 250.000 - 350.000 USD
Price realised: 1.076.000 USD
signed, titled and dated "BE JUST LIKE FAMILY Tomoo Gokita 2015" on the reverse
acrylic gouache on canvas
76 1/4 x 101 7/8 in. (193.8 x 259 cm.)
Executed in 2015.
Bill Brady Gallery, Miami | Acquired from the above by the present owner

A top price for Gokita Tomoo

The work Be Just Like Family by Gokita Tomoo was worth USD 1,076,000.00 (€ 965,108.98) to a buyer in May 2019. This price was achieved in the auction 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale at Phillips in New York and exceeded the previously set upper estimate of USD 350,000.00 many times over. This high result makes Be Just Like Family the most expensive artwork by Gokita Tomoo that we have observed at auctions so far.

Ein Spitzenpreis für Gokita Tomoo

Die Arbeit Be Just Like Family von Gokita Tomoo war einem Käufer im Mai 2019 USD 1.076.000,00 (€ 965.108,98) wert. Dieser Preise wurde in der Auktion 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale bei Phillips in New York erzielt und übertraf den zuvor angesetzten oberen Schätzpreis von USD 350.000,00 um ein Vielfaches. Dieses hohe Ergebnis macht Be Just Like Family zu dem teuersten Kunstwerk von Gokita Tomoo, das wir bisher bei Auktionen beobachtet haben.

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